The classroom was pin-drop still. Seventh grade humanities teacher, Aaron Filieo, repeated the question: “Does popularity feed the soul?” For an educator, there is no better feeling than engaging the undivided attention of your students as together you delve into…
Dear Supporters and Friends, Like many people, we often wonder these days if our world can meet the grave perils that now face us. This question takes on real urgency as distrust, violence and despair seem to threaten at every…
Dear Supporters and Friends, We are excited to share with you the short video linked above, a testament to the importance of compassion in the work we do at SPIRIT SERIES. We are reminded in this holiday season that facing…
For well over a decade, SPIRIT SERIES has prospered under the exemplary leadership of Board Chair, John McPherson. John continues to serve as a Trustee and is thrilled to introduce his successor, new Board President and prominent film producer, William…
To make the SERIES’ inspiring one-act biographies available from coast to coast, we have begun adapting our drama-based curriculum for use by classroom teachers. The first two SERIES titles slated to go On Screen—Seeking Socrates and Song of Sitting Bull—are…
Dear Supporters and Friends, For those still wondering if we can ever fully regain that sense of connection and community lost in the pandemic, we have some good news: over 2,000 students in 17 schools across Los Angeles had a…
